An elderly married couple was found lifeless this morning in the house where they lived in Prato, in via Filzi.
for the investigators it is a homicide-suicide: according to the reconstruction made the man, 72 years old, from Prato, a retired mechanic, shot his 76-year-old wife with a shotgun and then turned the weapon at himself and took his own life.
Carabinieri and firefighters intervened on the spot.
No note explaining the murder-suicide has been found at the moment by the carabinieri of Prato in the house in via Filzi. Among the hypotheses on the reason for the tragedy, the mood of the 72-year-old, described as felt since last March following a fire that developed in the garage belonging to the couple's house, a fire that had caused various damages and problems to the condominium, a building of six floors for fourteen apartments plus offices. According to reports from family members to the investigators, it seems that the elder feared possible problems of compensation from the insurance, and for this he had accused states of anxiety and depression for which he would also have gone to treatment. The fire took place on March 5: a car caught fire in the garage.Homes and offices had been evacuated and the return had been postponed for several weeks due to the restoration work.
